We were recently able to help a lady to find her husband’s service records with the Royal Corps of Signals, Middlesex Yeomanry and to then obtain copies of  his various unit’s War Diaries so that a complete picture of his service throughout the Second World War could be built up.  He fought through Africa and the Middle East, up through Sicily and Italy and went on to land in D-Day, fighting right the way through to Germany. Whilst it is unusual to find servicemen mentioned in the diaries he had been mentioned a number of times and so we were able to construct his entire service record from enlisting through to being de-mobbed in 1946.  The War Diaries themselves were photographed at the National Archives and presented in a series of electronic picture files.

You can apply for a Service Record if you are a member of the family of the Service man or woman, you don’t necessarily have to have their Service number although this does make searching and returning your query faster.  Here is a link to the relevant Government guidance.

If you would like us to assist in researching a loved one’s Service / Military Records, please drop us a line.

A Royal Navy service record from the last completed training mission before Atalanta s loss (Photo credit: Wikipedia)